ISSP News

ISSP 2007 Leisure Time and Sports - data from 24 countries
The integrated file of ISSP 2007 "Leisure Time and Sports" v1.0 was published April 25 2009, and is available from the GESIS Data Archive. This partly release of the integrated file covers 24 countries across the world. A list of participating countries is available at the ISSP 2007 module page.

Upcoming modules
The new module Environment III (2010), a partial replication of the modules in 1993 and 2000 was finalised at the ISSP General meeting in Vienna, April 26 - April 29 2009. The drafting group was chaired by Great Britain.

The following modules are currently being developed by the ISSP:

Health 2011, a new topic in the ISSP. The drafting group is being chaired by Israel.

Family and Changing Gender Roles IV, a partial replication of the modules in 1988, 1994 and 2002 was by the annual meeting 2009 decided to be the ISSP module in 2012. Convenors are Germany and Sweden.

New ISSP Secretariat
The B.I. and Lucille Cohen Institute for Public Opinion Research, University of Tel Aviv, Israel was by the General Meeting 2009 elected as Secretariat for the ISSP 2009 - 2012.

New members
at the the 2009 General Meeting were
Centro de Estudios de Opinión Pública de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) and Institute of Sociology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (ISNAS), Ukraine.
Institute of International and Social Studies at Tallinn University, Estonia.

New ISSP bibliography 2009
is available for download from the "Publications" page.

Next General Meeting
Lisbon, Portugal, May 2 - 5 2010.

ISSP/CSES session at the ESRA 2009 Conference
The ISSP and CSES are organising a joint session at the ESRA 2009 Conference in Warzaw.

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